Pro Ethiopia manifesto

German propaganda leaflet dropped on Allied troops stuck in the Anzio beachhead, the stalled Allied effort to outflank the Germans' Gothic Line by means of a seaborne landing.

While the Anzio landings did not exactly succeed in their objective, the Anzio incursion was regarded by Field Marshal Kesselring as sufficiently threatening to divert a number of his most impressive units to contain it.  To that extent, it did contribute to the eventual collapse of the German position in central Italy.  Best regards, JR.

Anzio Death's Beachead ...

US public opinion reacted with outrage to the mistreatment of American prisoners by  the Imperial Japanese Army on the infamous "Bataan death march" in the Philippines, an early example, unfortunately, of the contemptuous approach taken by the Japanese to their prisoners.  This outrage is expressed quite clearly in this official US Army poster.  The poster is interesting insofar as it neither a straight recruiting poster nor a "home information" type poster.  Rather, it appears to be an exhortation to all - civilian and military - to do their utmost towards victory over the dastardly Jap.  Best regards, JR.